http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning.html en-us Copyright 2009 American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20091123medjournalform.html http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20091123medjournalform.html The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, or ICMJE, is testing a new uniform disclosure form for reporting potential conflicts of interest among authors. The 14 journals that are ICMJE members, including the Annals of Internal Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and the New England Journal of Medicine, have adopted the form. ann@aafp.org Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:20:00 CST CME & Lifelong Learning http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20091113ceja-report.html http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20091113ceja-report.html A new report by the AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs, or CEJA, that aims to guide physician-learners and CME providers in managing their relationships with industry requires further scrutiny, said delegates during the 2009 interim meeting of the AMA House of Delegates in Houston. Delegates subsequently voted to refer the report and its recommendations. bbein@aafp.org Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:55:00 CST CME & Lifelong Learning http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20091030cme-bias.html http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20091030cme-bias.html A recent survey of physicians who participated in both commercially and noncommercially supported online CME activities found that participants perceived little commercial bias associated with CME activities, regardless of the funding source. bbein@aafp.org Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:20:00 CDT CME & Lifelong Learning http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20091014boardreviewrevamp.html http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20091014boardreviewrevamp.html The AAFP Division of Continuing Medical Education has completely revamped its CME Self-Study Family Medicine Board Review Clinical Learning Package for 2009-10. New features include online access to 90 new quiz questions, professionally edited content for greater ease in studying, and a compact and user-friendly package design featuring just one three-ring binder that contains all the media and text in the program. ann@aafp.org Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:20:00 CDT CME & Lifelong Learning http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20090723lipitz-pcmh.html http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20090723lipitz-pcmh.html The AAFP has launched a new, asynchronous online CME course designed to help family physicians and other primary care health professionals transform their practices into patient-centered medical homes, or PCMHs. bbein@aafp.org Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:35:00 CDT CME & Lifelong Learning http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20090715diab-learnlink.html http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20090715diab-learnlink.html The AAFP's online classroom, LearningLink, has launched the first activity of a new four-part CME series dubbed Type 2 Diabetes 2009. The initial activity, Highlights of Current Evidence and Clinical Recommendations, offers an overview of the disease and encompasses three webcasts. ann@aafp.org Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:00:00 CDT CME & Lifelong Learning http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20090617ama-ceja.html http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20090617ama-ceja.html An AAFP-supported report aimed at guiding physician-learners and CME providers in managing their relationships with industry got as far as being recommended for adoption by the 2009 AMA House of Delegates here. But in the end, delegates referred the report for more study, citing concerns that it needed added clarity and further refinement. bbein@aafp.org Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:30:00 CDT CME & Lifelong Learning http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20090515eb-cme-sunset.html http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20090515eb-cme-sunset.html Physician-learners, take note: The AAFP will end its award of "2-for-1" credit for its evidence-based CME, or EB CME, on Jan. 1, 2011. Meanwhile, the Academy is continuing to explore new opportunities for members to earn credits to meet continuing education requirements as part of its ongoing commitment to evidence-based education. bbein@aafp.org Fri, 15 May 2009 11:00:00 CDT CME & Lifelong Learning http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/200903166ntf-fact-shts.html http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/200903166ntf-fact-shts.html CME providers, physician-learners and other stakeholders who follow the latest "hot topics" in continuing professional development now can download two fact sheets developed by the AMA National Task Force on Continuing Medical Education Provider/Industry Collaboration, known as NTF. ann@aafp.org Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:10:00 CDT CME & Lifelong Learning http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20081121metric-depress.html http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/cme-lifelong-learning/20081121metric-depress.html The Academy's performance improvement program known as METRIC, or Measuring, Evaluating and Translating Research Into Care, recently launched a new module on depression that will be of special interest to family physicians. Bruce Bagley, M.D., AAFP's medical director of quality improvement, said the latest module -- Depression: Improving Patient Care -- will help physicians organize their approach to treating patients with depression. sporter@aafp.org Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:55:00 CST CME & Lifelong Learning